CHAPTER 7
Author: Lady D
last update2025-06-14 19:07:15

Mike blinked repeatedly as he waited for something magical to happen, but all he heard was his ragged breathing and beating heart.

“System?” He called out gingerly and the machine chimed in response.

[Yes…Micheal]

“What just happened?” He asked as he checked his reflection for any changes that had been done on his body, but he saw none.

[The wealth system have been activated Micheal, upon your request…]

“Ok…what now?” He asked as he dapped his face in water.

[Now, you will be given tasks, in order to earn gold coins, to be changed into money or be able to buy wishes…]

“Gold coins? Mike asked tentatively, for he haven’t heard anything like that before, and in reply the mechanical screen in his vision displayed the characters…

[The Austra wealth system….Host details…]

[ Name: Micheal Robinson…]

[Age: 26 years…]

[Height….6.0 feet tall…]

[Weight….80lbs….]

[Skin complexion….White]

[System: Activated….Reborn]

[Coins: 0…]

[Level: 1.]

[Task: Rent an apartment space]

[Reward: 100 coins]

“Hundred coins?” Mike asked breathlessly as he got out of his pajamas, into a white T shirt with jeans, and the machine chimed in reply.

[Yes Micheal…100 coins with a coin equivalent to a million of your currency—]

“A million dollars?!” Mike bellowed in surprise and almost stumbled on his feet as he tried to buckle up his belt, “Then…that will be a 100 million dollars?!”

[Yes Micheal….all to be spent before you will be able to get any more coins or it will be all tasks…and no coins..]

“What?! To spend it all immediately?!” Mike snickered happily, “sweet!”

[Yes, but you must first do the task that the system organizes for you…]

[The tasks are being created to propel you into greater heights and help you achieve your greatest desire…]

“My greatest desire?” Mike breathed, but he didn’t have to wonder about it for long with his mind only centered on one thing…Bio-tech group and what should have been his. With his mind made up, he raised his head firmly and asked sternly;

“What is my first task?”

[To rent a studio apartment…] the machine chimed in reply, with the characters static in his vision.

“Oh….Erm..” he cleared his throat briefly and ask calmly, “Are there no other simple task I can do now? Because my credit card is being disconnected and I’m down to my last fifteen hundred.”

He stood for a minute, waiting for a reply, but got none, and him being a smart guy that he was, understood the silence and picked up his apartment keys, gave his mouth one last rinse with water, checked his reflection and exited the building.

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“Hello Mr Anderson…my name is Micheal, apart from this property, are there any other properties you will like to show me?”

“Hello Mr Micheal” The chubby black man, who was about having his lunch greeted, as he stood up with his hands outstretched for a handshake, “I have been waiting for you…please forgive this mess, I couldn’t wait for I haven’t eaten all day.” And pointed at his food.

“No it’s fine Mr Anderson” Mike replied and dismissed his pleading with a wave of his hand, then he asked, as he turned around, his eyes roving around the hall.

“Is this all what you have?”

“For the price…yes Mr Micheal.”

Mike inhaled deeply and gave the hall a sweeping look once more, trying to be positive, be hopeful that he was doing the right thing…that he is not foolishly following the instructions of a machine in his head, claiming to be Austra, the universal system, and the money he was supposed to use as sustenance until he finds a way forward, he is using it to rent a hall that he has no use for.

But on the second hand, he was supposed to be dead, after being beaten to a pulp by Mr Stewart goons, just outside the company, and here he was, buying an apartment…

Maybe there is some truth in what is happening….maybe he should trust his guts and his guts is encouraging him to pay for the damn apartment.

Well…it’s all or nothing, he reasoned and said loudly, “this will do. Do you mind cash payment?”

“Oh..no we don’t Mr Micheal.” Mr Anderson replied as he bent over to fetch the keys from his suitcase and handed it to him the same time Mike counted the cash and passed it to him.

“Thank you Mr Anderson” Mike said with a small smile on his lips and watched with uncertainty as the old man departed, leaving him alone with his thoughts in the empty studio apartment that he had just purchased.

“Now what?” He asked loudly and got no reply. He stared in space momentarily, wondering if he had just gotten scammed and then he saw it…the static film attached to his eyes with the words…

[The Austra wealth system…]

[Host: Micheal Robinson]

[Status: Task completed…]

[ Coins: 100 coins…]

[Say 1. to change coins to Money…Say 2. to change it for benefits.]

Mike smacked his lips eagerly, for he will soon be rich, but he was also curious of what the ‘benefit’ entails, so in a calm voice, he said, “Two.”

[Coins to benefits…]

[20 coins for healing]

[30 coins for teleportation]

[20 coins for Strength]

[20 coins for Stamina]

“Sweet!” Mike breathed happily, “I will come back to you later, but first, I will need my 100 coins in dollars, Austra.”

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